Who Should I Draft?
Brandon Woodruff or Blake Snell (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL  | Blake Snell SP - SD  | |
Expert |
82% Recommended by 41 of 50 experts |
18% Recommended by 9 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 13 | # 14 |
| Best Rank | # 4 | # 8 |
| Worst Rank | # 27 | # 33 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 37 | # 43 |
| Best Rank | # 32 | # 36 |
| Worst Rank | # 50 | # 49 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 191 | 188 |
| Wins | 11 | 11 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.45 | 3.43 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.16 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 13 | # 14 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 13 | # 14 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 12 | # 23 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 12 | # 26 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 12 | # 14 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 10 | # 15 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 13 | # 14 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 10 | # 11 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 13 | # 14 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 13 | # 14 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 13 | # 14 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 9 | # 13 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 13 | # 16 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 12 | # 15 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 9 | # 15 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 13 | # 14 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 13 | # 14 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 8 | # 16 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 11 | # 12 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 12 | # 16 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 12 | # 13 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 11 | # 13 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 4 | # 17 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 12 | # 14 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 9 | # 12 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 13 | # 14 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 11 | # 14 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 13 | # 16 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 13 | # 14 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 9 | # 18 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 10 | # 15 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 8 | # 13 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 14 | # 16 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 13 | # 15 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 16 | # 33 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 13 | # 18 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 11 | # 15 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 13 | # 14 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 13 | # 14 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 14 | # 16 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 10 | # 17 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 13 | # 11 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 13 | # 12 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 13 | # 12 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 14 | # 9 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 15 | # 12 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 15 | # 9 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 19 | # 8 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 19 | # 14 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 27 | # 10 |
| Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL | Blake Snell SP - SD | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 13 | 11 |
| Games Started | 13 | 11 |
| Innings Pitched | 74.2 | 50.2 |
| Wins | 3 | 4 |
| Losses | 5 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 55 | 42 |
| Earned Runs | 25 | 18 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 9 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 91 | 63 |
| Walks | 18 | 18 |
| ERA | 3.05 | 3.24 |
| WHIP | 0.99 | 1.20 |
| Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL | Blake Snell SP - SD | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 30 | 28 |
| Games Started | 29 | 28 |
| Innings Pitched | 165.5 | 151.4 |
| Wins | 11 | 11 |
| Losses | 8 | 7 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 141 | 123 |
| Earned Runs | 63 | 58 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 20 | 19 |
| Strikeouts | 191 | 188 |
| Walks | 46 | 53 |
| ERA | 3.45 | 3.43 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.16 |
| Brandon Woodruff SP - MIL | Blake Snell SP - SD | |
| News | ||
| Brandon Woodruff (1-0) allowed one run on one hit and three walks while striking out seven over six innings against the Padres on Monday, earning the win. Connor Rooney Tue, Apr 20th | Blake Snell gave up 2 earned runs in 5 innings pitched in the Padres' win over the Dodgers on Sunday. Snell struck out 7 in the outing and walked 2. Matt Flipi Mon, Apr 19th | |
| Brandon Woodruff allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out six across six innings Tuesday against the Cubs. He did not factor into the decision. Connor Rooney Wed, Apr 14th | Blake Snell pitched 2/3 of an inning and gave up 3 earned runs in the Padres' loss to the Pirates on Tuesday. Snell struck out 1 and walked 2 in the outing. Matt Flipi Wed, Apr 14th | |
| Brandon Woodruff allowed one hit and struck out eight over seven innings in Wednesday's win over the Cubs. He did not factor in the decision. Connor Rooney Wed, Apr 7th | Blake Snell gave up 2 earned runs in 5 innings pitched in the Padres' loss to the Giants on Wednesday. Snell struck out 8 in the outing and walked 4. Matt Flipi Wed, Apr 7th | |
| Brandon Woodruff allowed three earned runs over four innings in a no-decision against the Twins on Thursday. He allowed six hits and two walks, while striking out five. Connor Rooney Thu, Apr 1st | Blake Snell pitched 4.2 innings of shutout baseball for the Padres on Friday. Matt Flipi Sat, Apr 3rd | |
| Brandon Woodruff has been named the Brewers' Opening Day starter against the Twins. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Mar 18th | Padres LHP Blake Snell will start the fourth game of Spring Training. Brad Camara Sat, Feb 27th | |
| Notes | ||
| There were some skeptics after Woodruff succeeded in 2019 based largely on one pitch - his devastating fastball - but he put those concerns to rest in 2020. His ERA (3.05) and WHIP (0.99) were incredibly strong, particularly when you consider that he struck out more than 11 batters per nine innings. Woodruff's fastball hits rests at 96 MPH and is one of the better pitches in baseball, but his slider and changeup both made strides last year. The Brewers are reportedly planning to add about 100 innings to their starter's workloads last season, so pencil Woodruff in for roughly 175 extremely strong frames. You can survive with him as your fantasy ace, though he's best as an incredibly strong number 2. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Snell moves to the Padres fresh off a solid year, in which he pitched to a 3.24 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP, with a memorable early exit in the World Series. Snell has a checkered injury history and has pitched just 157 innings over the past two years, so don't expect him to be a big innings-eater in 2021. And, although he'll escape the dreaded AL East, he'll get a downgrade in park and defense, which largely makes the move a neutral one. All that said, Snell has plenty of talent as he's shown throughout his career, and should be able to pile up wins and strikeouts pitching for a strong Padres team. Draft him as an SP2 with upside. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Woodruff's 2020 season ranked in the 90th percentile in both xERA and xwOBA. He rates out well according to both FIP and Baseball Savant. It's fair to call him a good-to-great starting pitcher. The question becomes what kind of workload can we expect from Milwaukee's No. 1? Woodruff logged 73 2/3 innings last summer after posting a career-high 121 2/3 frames in 2019. The Brewers plan to add on 100 innings to each of their SP's workloads from last year. If you believe Woodruff will hold up then he's a wildly exciting SP2 in fantasy. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | Blake Snell made 16 starts in 2020, including the playoffs, and didn't finish six innings in any of them. In fact, the lefty hasn't completed six innings since July 21st, 2019. This is a killer for fantasy leagues that use quality starts as a category, but Snell still has the skills to be useful for fantasy purposes. If he had the innings to qualify then Snell would have the second-best swinging strike rate among starters since the beginning of '19. Perhaps the Padres will allow him to pitch deeper into starts. This could be a case of efficiency meeting added volume, which usually equates to fantasy goodness. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | |
